Import/export HS code 21061080: Various protein concentrates

Protein-based food products not covered by other specific categories

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  • It helps you understand the market size for your product in the UK.
  • It provides you with a list of potential leads who have bought similar products.

* UK only, last 24 months analysed

Imports by country

What this shows: Import market volume by exporter country into the UK.

Top 5 values

Country £
Netherlands 23,427,758
Ireland 19,197,016
Germany 10,209,229
Spain 5,322,499
United States 4,998,839

Countries rank shift: first 12 months vs second 12 months

What this shows: Countries are on both sides of the Sankey. Left side is sorted by first 12-month volume, right side by second 12-month volume, so rank changes are visible from line crossings.

Top 10 values

Country First 12m £ Second 12m £ Delta £
Netherlands 10,392,534 13,035,224 +2,642,690
Ireland 8,611,724 10,585,292 +1,973,568
Germany 4,277,442 5,931,787 +1,654,345
Spain 2,849,482 2,473,017 -376,465
United States 2,581,337 2,417,502 -163,835
Belgium 1,721,853 3,240,475 +1,518,622
China 1,989,291 2,199,277 +209,986
France 1,767,558 1,788,576 +21,018
Poland 2,026,464 1,335,097 -691,367
Slovakia 693,228 1,275,768 +582,540

Imports by country of origin

What this shows: Import volume by production origin country. Differences from exporter-country data can indicate re-export routes.

Top 5 values

Origin £
Ireland 16,487,418
Netherlands 14,344,402
Germany 10,397,769
United States 8,480,197
Spain 6,094,803

Country of origin rank shift: first 12 months vs second 12 months

What this shows: Origin countries are on both sides of the Sankey. Left side is sorted by first 12-month import value, right side by second 12-month import value, so rank changes are visible from line crossings.

Top 10 values

Origin First 12m £ Second 12m £ Delta £
Ireland 6,999,277 9,488,141 +2,488,864
Netherlands 6,268,761 8,075,641 +1,806,880
Germany 4,910,434 5,487,335 +576,901
United States 4,565,253 3,914,944 -650,309
Spain 2,966,277 3,128,526 +162,249
Belgium 1,251,690 3,704,360 +2,452,670
China 2,545,017 2,396,821 -148,196
Poland 2,080,063 1,309,024 -771,039
Brazil 1,342,969 1,447,730 +104,761
France 1,151,228 904,386 -246,842

Importers across UK regions

What this shows: Number of importing companies by UK ITL2 region.

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Inner London - West 22
Outer London - West and North West 21
Inner London - East 18
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 14
Greater Manchester 14

UK regions rank shift: first 12 months vs second 12 months

What this shows: UK regions are on both sides of the Sankey. Left side is sorted by first 12-month importer count, right side by second 12-month importer count, so rank changes are visible from line crossings.

Top 10 values

UK region First 12m Second 12m Delta
Inner London - West 15 15 +0
Outer London - West and North West 13 16 +3
Inner London - East 12 12 +0
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 13 7 -6
Greater Manchester 13 9 -4
West Midlands 10 10 +0
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 11 9 -2
Essex 10 6 -4
Outer London - East and North East 8 8 +0
Surrey, East and West Sussex 4 9 +5

Import volume by transport

What this shows: Import value by transport mode used to bring goods into the UK.

Top 5 values

Transport £
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 68,096,152
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 13,173,415
Air transport 5,858,012
Other 4,110,970
Road transport 385,008

Transport rank shift: first 12 months vs second 12 months

What this shows: Transport modes are on both sides of the Sankey. Left side is sorted by first 12-month import value, right side by second 12-month import value, so rank changes are visible from line crossings.

Top 10 values

Transport First 12m £ Second 12m £ Delta £
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 30,753,744 37,342,408 +6,588,664
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 5,339,612 7,833,803 +2,494,191
Air transport 2,876,682 2,981,330 +104,648
Other 2,402,545 1,708,425 -694,120
Road transport 179,370 205,638 +26,268
Rail transport 11,232 0 -11,232

Import volume by port

What this shows: Import value handled by each UK port.

Top 5 values

Port £
Dover 23,412,917
Liverpool Docks 10,756,970
Immingham Docks 10,405,711
Felixstowe 9,644,914
Eurotunnel 5,061,983

Port rank shift: first 12 months vs second 12 months

What this shows: Ports are on both sides of the Sankey. Left side is sorted by first 12-month import value, right side by second 12-month import value, so rank changes are visible from line crossings.

Top 10 values

Port First 12m £ Second 12m £ Delta £
Dover 11,542,368 11,870,549 +328,181
Liverpool Docks 3,845,074 6,911,896 +3,066,822
Immingham Docks 5,155,159 5,250,552 +95,393
Felixstowe 2,687,255 6,957,659 +4,270,404
Eurotunnel 2,659,476 2,402,507 -256,969
000 2,402,545 1,708,425 -694,120
Holyhead 2,009,499 1,804,227 -205,272
Harwich 614,853 2,526,498 +1,911,645
London 935,053 2,205,011 +1,269,958
Dover / Eurotunnel 1,743,849 1,164,210 -579,639

Importer companies by SIC division

What this shows: Industry breakdown (SIC divisions) of importing companies.

Top 5 values

SIC Companies
Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles
105
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles
72
Manufacture of food products
54
Food and beverage service activities
21
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities
13

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-05 61
2026-04 53
2026-03 56
2026-02 53
2026-01 52

Top importers

What this shows: Companies with the highest number of months traded for this HS code.

Importer company size by revenue band

What this shows: Distribution of importers across company revenue bands.

Top 5 values

Revenue Companies
1m-15m 98
54m+ 63
0-1m 45
15m-54m 37
Other 13

Import seasonality

What this shows: Average monthly import pattern from historical data.

Exports by country

What this shows: Export market volume by destination country from the UK.

Top 5 values

Country £
Germany 33,579,328
Netherlands 18,769,863
Ireland 9,579,971
Australia 6,668,741
Spain 5,805,070

Export countries rank shift: first 12 months vs second 12 months

What this shows: Destination countries are on both sides of the Sankey. Left side is sorted by first 12-month export volume, right side by second 12-month export volume, so rank changes are visible from line crossings.

Top 10 values

Country First 12m £ Second 12m £ Delta £
Germany 10,488,848 23,090,480 +12,601,632
Netherlands 14,771,895 3,997,968 -10,773,927
Ireland 4,226,872 5,353,099 +1,126,227
Australia 6,381,808 286,933 -6,094,875
Spain 2,845,821 2,959,249 +113,428
United Arab Emirates 1,934,199 2,364,007 +429,808
Saudi Arabia 1,959,895 2,305,308 +345,413
United States 2,315,405 1,770,485 -544,920
France 1,000,689 1,916,034 +915,345
United Republic of Tanzania 1,523,025 573,351 -949,674

Exports by country of origin

What this shows: Export volume by production origin country. For re-exports, indicates where goods originated before UK export.

Top 5 values

Origin £
XI 641,314
Ireland 92,724
Netherlands 36,874
Spain 3,396
Germany 2,478

Export origin countries rank shift: first 12 months vs second 12 months

What this shows: Origin countries are on both sides of the Sankey. Left side is sorted by first 12-month export value, right side by second 12-month export value, so rank changes are visible from line crossings.

Top 10 values

Origin First 12m £ Second 12m £ Delta £
XI 380,003 261,311 -118,692
Ireland 26,627 66,097 +39,470
Netherlands 5,562 31,312 +25,750
Spain 2,185 1,211 -974
Germany 1,766 712 -1,054
Belgium 958 1,118 +160
Poland 249 0 -249
France 174 0 -174

Export volume by transport

What this shows: Export value by transport mode used to ship goods from the UK.

Top 5 values

Transport £
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 76,500,893
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 28,643,630
Air transport 5,067,582
Other 1,131,117

Export transport rank shift: first 12 months vs second 12 months

What this shows: Transport modes are on both sides of the Sankey. Left side is sorted by first 12-month export value, right side by second 12-month export value, so rank changes are visible from line crossings.

Top 10 values

Transport First 12m £ Second 12m £ Delta £
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 36,629,292 39,871,601 +3,242,309
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 18,860,752 9,782,878 -9,077,874
Air transport 2,420,484 2,647,098 +226,614
Other 597,187 533,930 -63,257

Export volume by port

What this shows: Export value handled by each UK port.

Top 5 values

Port £
Middlesbrough 30,377,337
London Gateway Port 19,025,987
Immingham Docks 16,397,072
Dover / Eurotunnel 11,999,049
Liverpool Docks 8,272,059

Export port rank shift: first 12 months vs second 12 months

What this shows: Ports are on both sides of the Sankey. Left side is sorted by first 12-month export value, right side by second 12-month export value, so rank changes are visible from line crossings.

Top 10 values

Port First 12m £ Second 12m £ Delta £
Middlesbrough 14,043,907 16,333,430 +2,289,523
London Gateway Port 12,481,382 6,544,605 -5,936,777
Immingham Docks 8,416,649 7,980,423 -436,226
Dover / Eurotunnel 5,872,395 6,126,654 +254,259
Liverpool Docks 4,722,081 3,549,978 -1,172,103
Portsmouth 2,762,862 2,713,473 -49,389
Southampton 2,562,189 1,319,393 -1,242,796
Felixstowe 2,304,618 1,314,725 -989,893
Holyhead 680,400 1,713,385 +1,032,985
London Heathrow Airport 889,961 1,019,943 +129,982

Quick facts

HS code: 21061080

Coverage: United Kingdom, most metrics for the last 24 months

Description: Protein-based food products not covered by other specific categories